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>>>the lid has just been blown off a high profile crime that went uninvolved. and, in fact, the case was closed a long time ago. now, some of those involved in a break-in at an
fbi
field office are coming out of the shadows. the story tonight from our justice correspondent
pete williams
.

>> reporter: bonnie rain spent years developing child care centers, john rains retired
university professor
, keith forsythe engineer and teacher, all hiding a secret for more than four decades. the parts they played at a daring break-in at an
fbi
office outside philadelphia.

>>we called ourselves the citizens commission to investigate the
fbi
. we were going to investigate the investigators.

>>they tell their stories in a new book by betty medscar who wrote the first accounts of the documents they stole.

>>these files opened the door into the secrets of the
fbi
.

>> reporter: and they tell nbc's
michael isikoff
how they did it.

>>bonnie rains posed as a
college student
working on a paper. careful to leave no trace behind while meeting the agent in charge.

>>what he didn't notice during the whole interview is i never took my gloves off.

>>keith quickly picked the locks but made a loud noise using a crowbar to pop the dead bolt. john rains drove a
getaway car
.

>>i was sitting by myself in the
station wagon
at night, and i was getting very, very scared.

>> reporter: the stolen documents forced
j. edgar hoover
to end the abuses and led carl stern to expose even more
fbi
secrets.

>>forged blackmail letters and threats of violence were used to try to stop anti-war marches.

>> reporter: the time when the burglars could be prosecuted has long passed. why come forward now?

>>it would seem like if you said no, that you were somehow ashamed of it, which i'm definitely not. i'm proud of it.